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TIL the world's first Ball Pit was at Seaworld in San Diego

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yyjl TIL you can sail in any direction relative to the wind at speeds faster than the wind.
nL0B TIL there is a disease called “Stone Man Syndrome” which causes soft tissues to heal as bone, leading to sufferers losing mobility as the disease progresses.
YxEB TIL: when an older scientist loses touch with scientific reality and goes berserk the polite term to describe this is “going emeritus”
7r7Lp TIL in 1665 the Derbyshire village of Eyam made the remarkable decision to quarantine itself in an attempt to halt the spread of the Great Plague. 260 from 76 different families died, but the plague didn't reach the nearby towns of Sheffield and Bakewell
1ago7 TIL Stethoscope was invented when a 'gentleman' French doctor got too embarrassed to check the heartbeat of a female patient by tapping at her chest. So, he rolled up a sheet of paper to create a tube, and then placed it on her chest. The method worked, and stethoscope was invented.